South West: MARAM Collaborative Practice Training 27 & 28 May 2025

This training will be delivered online across two sessions:

27 May 9:30am - 12:30pm & 28 May 9:30am - 12:30pm

This training will build practitioner capabilities to engage in collaborative practice and foundational elements of the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management (MARAM), to promote collaborative practice for practitioners within the South-West region.

The Sexual Assault & Family Violence Centre will be delivering this training in collaboration with Emma House and Victoria Police, with facilitators delivering the training from partnering organisations.

The MARAM Collaborative Practice is a part of the suite of training under the MARAM Framework for practitioners responding to family violence.

The MARAM Collaborative Practice training is delivered online, over two half-day sessions over consecutive days or in-person across one full day.

Who should come to this training?

Phase 1 of MARAM and Information Sharing commenced in September 2018 across 850 organisations, covering approximately 37,500 professionals. These include Victoria Police, courts, family violence services, child protection, mental health and alcohol and drug services. Click here to view an overview of organisations prescribed under Phase One.

Phase 2 of MARAM came into effect on 19 April 2021 across 5,800 government and non-government organisations, covering approximately 370,000 additional professionals. Click here for an overview of organisations prescribed under Phase Two. See the ‘MARAM and Information Sharing Scheme Resources’ section below for further resources and training opportunities to support Phase 2 organisations.

This is NOT risk assessment training. You will also need to attend other MARAM training relevant to your role. MARAM training will be delivered by government departments (Brief & Intermediate’ and Screening & Identification) and by Safe and Equal (Comprehensive and Leading Alignment).

Organisations should be guided by Family Safety Victoria resources in determining the relevant roles, responsibilities and training requirements for staff.

Useful resources:

• MARAM Training Decision Tree
• Victorian Family Violence Capability Framework (2017)

What does the training cover?

This training will explore how to contribute to risk assessment and collaborate for on-going risk assessment through respective, sensitive engagement with people impacted by family violence, guided by information sharing, referrals and secondary consultations.

Learning objectives

Participants will demonstrate an ability to:

• Describe the MARAM framework including responsibilities that drive collaborative practice across the service system
• Apply the four elements of structured professional judgement to their practice
• Outline how information sharing can enhance collaborative practice
• Outline their responsibilities under the MARAM and information sharing reforms
• Describe what collaborative practice is and differentiate between practice, organisational and system enablers
• Apply intersectionality to enhance practice by examining personal privileges and oppressions
• Explain how to use collaborative practice to maintain perpetrator visibility
• Apply knowledge of evidence-based risk factors
• Plan strategies to ensure a safe and respectful environment for all victim survivors including children
• Develop a collaborative risk management plan
• Implement effective processes for secondary consultation and referral within the local service system.

Note: While objectives described in bold are focused solely on Collaborative Practice, the other learning objectives must be understood in order to enable collaborative practice.

For further information and frequently asked questions please refer to MARAM Collaborative Fact Sheet.

Pre-requisite training resources

In this training, it is expected that you will have:

• Read the Family Violence Multi-Agency Risk Assessment and Management Framework: Foundation Knowledge
• Watch the Helping End Family Violence – the Information Sharing Schemes and MARAM film (3.57mins)
• Watch 'Let's change the story' - violence against women in Australia (4.26 mins)

Registrations

Registration for training sessions can be made by clicking on the relevant link. If you are experiencing difficulties with this process, or require further information regarding this training please contact training@safvcentre.org.au or (03) 5222 4318.

Please note

On completion of this training, we are required to share your name and email address with Family Safety Victoria. By registering you are giving consent for us to provide this information.

F or online sessions you are required to have a working microphone and camera on your device.

Cancellations

• All cancellations must be made in writing and sent to the training team at training@safvcentre.org.au
• A full refund will be available to cancellations that have been made in writing 48 hours prior to the scheduled training session.
• Registrations are transferable to a colleague upon request. Please email training@safvcentre.org.au and the training team will process your request.
• Sessions may be cancelled and your registration fee refunded if registration numbers do not meet the minimum requirements to proceed.